Passion Timeline: Mark, Matthew, John

Mark	Matthew	John
Two days before Passover	X	6 days before Passover
1. Woman anoints him	X	1. Dinner at Lazarus
2. He predicts his death	X	2. Mary anoints him
3. Villains: chief priests and Judas	X	3. Priests plot his and Lazarus' death
		Before Passover
Passover eve: Jesus directs disciples	X	1. Jesus washes disciple's feet
1. Jesus predicts betrayal	X	2. Predicts betrayal; Judas leaves
2. distribution of bread and wine	X	3. Predicts Peter's betrayal
3. Jesus predicts disciples will flee: esp. Peter	X	4. Long speech
4. Jesus prays in Gethsemane	X	5. Public prayer
5. Judas interrupts with priests	X	6. X: Jesus allows himself to be arrested by armed crowd
6. At least one disciple is armed	X	7. Simon cuts off man's ear
a. Man with linen sheet		8. Peter's betrayal
7. Night trial	X	X
a. Jesus refuses to answer		9. Jesus speaks openly
b. Peter's denial
The next morning: Passover day		Day before Passover begins
1. Jesus brought before Pilate	X
2. Pilate doesn't want to execute him	X	Pilate questions him privately
	Judas' death
	Pilate washes his hands
3. Scourging	X	X
		Jews demand Jesus's death
4. Immediately taken to be executed	X	X
5. Evening: Jesus' despairing cry	X	At crucifixion: John, Mary and sister
6. Temple veil torn in two	X	Passover eve: Jesus dies, saying "It is finished"
	Earthquakes, empty tombs
7. Witness of Roman centurion	X	Soldiers break others' legs, pierce J's side with a lance
8. Only women are there	X
9. Body given to Joseph of A.	X	X
		Jesus prepared for burial by Nicodemus on a Friday night (Passover)
	Orders to guard the tomb
Sunday morning
1. Women arrive	X	X
2. Find empty tomb with young man inside	Earthquake	Find stone rolled away
	Angel appears	They go get Peter and John
3. Women see him first		They see empty tomb
4. Males refuse to believe	Men believe	They don't understand
		Mary sees 2 angels and then Jesus
	Jesus appears to disciples	Jesus walks through doors
		Doubting Thomas
		Appearance stories to many